I freaking love this game with all my heart and soul. Sonic Adventure 2 is and always will be my favorite Sonic game to ever exist. I find this game to be a smart sequel where it gets rid of the things i didnt like in Adventure 1, and cuts the fat by having only the playstyles i liked or thought could be better. And better they did. The Sonic/Shadow levels are obviously the best of what this game has to offer. They control just as good as SA1 did, the level design, while more linear, also feels more focused and fun to me for mastering it's stages. All thanks to the ranking system, and is a core reason why all of these playstyles are fun to me. I wont lie that i don't play the Knuckles/Rouge or Tails/Eggman levels nearly as much, but i still find them enjoyable and a step up from the Knuckles in Adventure 1 and E102 Gamma. Especially since every character has their own dedicated level and the grand majority of them i do find fun. City Escape (Duh), Radical Highway, Pumkin Hill, Cosmic Wall, Prison Lane, Metal Harbor, Sky Rail, and Green Forest are some of my favorite Sonic levels i played and i would play them again and again if i wanted to. The Music just goes so freaking hard. Even 22 years later. Live and learn just brings me so much emotion whenever i hear it, Escape from the City is iconic as hell, Pumpkin Hill has some cheesy rap music that you cant help but love, and all of rouge's music is so jazzy. The Story however, is my favorite thing about this game that makes it stand above most Sonic games. I love Shadow as a character and the whole save the world or conquer it theme they go for in the story too. Overall a fantastic Sonic game, even with its flaws, the things i think it does well kinda just make me forgive it anyway and forget about it. Also the Chao Garden is fun. A solid 9/10 for me